The person who allegedly tried to rape a girl inside a midtown Manhattan nail salon was arrested and faces prices, in line with police.
Joseph Wichard was arrested Saturday in reference to the assault on a 34-year-old girl contained in the nail salon close to West thirty sixth Road and Broadway on Sept. 1, police mentioned.
The person by some means bought contained in the enterprise round 6 p.m. as the girl was cleansing up. It was not clear how the person was in a position to get into the constructing, which requires guests to buzz in.
The lady was taken to a hospital for therapy.
In an unique interview with NBC New York and Telemundo 47, the sufferer mentioned she was dragged right into a room because the suspect fondled her, however she was in a position to combat again.
“I bit him in the cheek. I bit him really hard,” she mentioned in Spanish.
The sufferer mentioned she then grabbed the merchandise closest to her, a vacuum, and began beating him with it. When she ran to an elevator to flee him, she says her attacker dragged her by the hair and ripped off her garments. She screamed for assist however nobody was there to listen to her.
Lastly, the sufferer mentioned she was in a position to whack her attacker onerous sufficient with the vacuum to scare him away.
“Today, the victim is me. Tomorrow, it could be a girl,” she mentioned.
Wichard was charged with tried rape and intercourse abuse. Lawyer data for the 35-year-old was not instantly out there.
Whereas the NYPD has touted historic lows when it comes shootings, subway assaults and retail theft, rape incidents have been on the rise. So far in 2025, police have responded to greater than 1,300 rape assaults throughout the 5 boroughs, up greater than 23% from 2024.
Anybody with data is requested to name Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
